Our Community

The ﻿Tri-Cities﻿are an informal grouping of three adjacent suburban cities and two villages in the north-east sector of Metro Vancouver in British Columbia.

Combined, these five communities have a 2014 population of 218,509 residents.

Municipality, Type & Population

Transportation & Roads

For motorists, the Trans-Canada Highway provides freeway access to Burnaby, Vancouver, Surrey, and other municipalities in the Lower Mainland. Lougheed Highway is an alternative route to the Trans-Canada, entering Coquitlam through Maillardville, past the Riverview Hospital area, up to Coquitlam Centre where it turns sharply east to Port Coquitlam and then into Pitt Meadows via the Pitt River Bridge. The Barnet Highway in Coquiltam heads directly west through Port Moody and on to Burnaby and downtown Vancouver.

Schools

When referring to schools, residents commonly refer to the Tri-Cities as "District 43," after the public school district that serves this area. The three Canadian city names are also often conflated into "PoCoMo."